How to beat Graves

Common role: Jungle

A gun-toting jungler who bursts with shotgun shells and smokes your vision.

What makes Graves dangerous

Graves fires two shotgun shells for heavy close-range burst, dashes with his E (gaining armor), and his smoke (W) blinds and slows. He's a strong early-game skirmisher and duelist who builds like a bruiser-carry, out-trading most junglers in a straight fight.

How to play against Graves

• 1His shells hit hardest at close range where both pellets land — space out so only part of his Q connects.
• 2His E dash gives armor stacks — don't dump AD burst right as he dashes. Trade when his E is on cooldown.
• 3Don't fight inside his W smoke — it blinds you (autos miss) and slows. Step out of the cloud.
• 4He's strong early — respect his level 3-6 duels. Track his aggressive pathing and counter-gank.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Damage falls off outside close range.
• ✓Smoke blind only affects auto-attacks.
• ✓E armor is temporary — punish when it's down.
• ✓Reload window between shots leaves him vulnerable.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Graves's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Nuevo destino

  La escopeta de Graves tiene características únicas. Tiene que recargar cuando se queda sin munición. Los ataques lanzan 4 balas que no pueden atravesar unidades. Hacen retroceder a los objetivos que no sean campeones y hayan sido alcanzados por varias balas.

• Q
  Fin de trayecto

  Graves dispara un proyectil explosivo que detona tras 1 segundo o inmediatamente si impacta contra obstáculos del terreno.

  Strong: two shells hit hardest at point-blank where both pellets land. Weak: space out so only part of his Q connects.

• W
  Pantalla de humo

  Graves dispara una bomba al área seleccionada y crea una nube de humo que reduce el alcance de visión. Los enemigos a los que alcance el primer impacto sufren daño mágico y su velocidad de movimiento se reduce brevemente.

  Strong: smoke blinds (autos miss) and slows to zone a fight. Weak: it only stops auto-attacks — step out of the cloud and use abilities.

• E
  Disparo veloz

  Graves corre hacia adelante y obtiene una mejora de armadura y resistencia mágica durante varios segundos. Si se desplaza hacia un campeón enemigo, gana dos acumulaciones de Auténtico valor. Golpear a los enemigos con ataques básicos reduce el enfriamiento de esta habilidad y renueva las mejoras defensivas.

• R
  Daño colateral

  Graves dispara un tiro explosivo que inflige mucho daño al primer campeón en el que impacte. Tras golpear a un campeón o llegar al final de su alcance, la bala explota infligiendo daño en un cono.

Itemization

Graves is a burst AD skirmisher. Space out of his close-range shells, avoid his W smoke, and armor plus attack-speed slows blunt him. Punish his reload and E-down windows.

This guide covers Graves's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.